ENGL 095 Advanced Academic Reading and Writing

This course provides instruction in reading and writing for college-level courses. Students will learn to apply critical reading and rhetorical writing strategies in a recursive reading/writing process. Students will read a variety of texts and critically respond to ideas and information from these texts in written responses.

Credits

4

Prerequisite

Placement below ENGL 121

Corequisite

INFO 100

Hours Weekly

4

Course Objectives

1. Apply metacognition and critical thinking strategies to complete reading and writing tasks.
2. Implement the reading process, including pre-reading strategies, active reading, textual annotations, and inferences based on information from the text.
3. Make connections between reading and writing by finding, using, and referencing specific, relevant textual evidence to support ideas.
4. Expand vocabulary using a variety of strategies.
5. Implement the writing process, including pre-writing, drafting, and revising.
6. Demonstrate an awareness of the relationship among writer, audience, and purpose.

Course Objectives

1. Apply metacognition and critical thinking strategies to complete reading and writing tasks.

   This objective is a course Goal Only

   Learning Activity Artifact

   • Writing Assignments
2. Implement the reading process, including pre-reading strategies, active reading, textual annotations, and inferences based on information from the text.

   This objective is a course Goal Only

   Learning Activity Artifact

   • Writing Assignments
3. Make connections between reading and writing by finding, using, and referencing specific, relevant textual evidence to support ideas.

   This objective is a course Goal Only

   Learning Activity Artifact

   • Writing Assignments
4. Expand vocabulary using a variety of strategies.

   This objective is a course Goal Only

   Learning Activity Artifact

   • Writing Assignments
5. Implement the writing process, including pre-writing, drafting, and revising.

   This objective is a course Goal Only

   Learning Activity Artifact

   • Writing Assignments
6. Demonstrate an awareness of the relationship among writer, audience, and purpose.

   This objective is a course Goal Only

   Learning Activity Artifact

   • Writing Assignments